Mini Dual-Drive Bowden Extruder installation instructions

Check all the components in the package for intactness.

Please prepare:

1. Base plastic part

2. Collet cover x2

3. M1.8 screw x4

4. Bowden tube collet x2

4. Screw driver

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Put the 2 bowden tube collet into the cavity of the base part and put the collet cover onto

it.

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Tighten the four M1.8 screws to the end.

Please prepare:

Idler gear

Needle bearing x2

Idler handle

shaft L=20mm

3
Insert the 2 needle bearings into the idler gear.

Slide the shaft through the idler handle and gear. Note the direction of the gear.

After assemble make sure the gear can rotate freely.

4
Disassemble the original extruder on your Ender-3/CR-10 printer.

Remove the original drive gear from the motor. Please use quality tool and proper force.

5
Slide the gear on the motor shaft, the grub screw must be facing against the flat part of

the shaft. Tighten the screw slightly.

Put the square nut into the groove of base part and cover the upper part onto it.

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Please assemble the main extruder body and the handle with M3x30 screw.

Install the motor and the mini-extruder back to the mounting plate on printer. Choose a

direction of filament extrusion. Don't tighten the screw too firmly, it serves as a shaft for

the handle. Check that the handle can rotate without too much force.

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Fasten the rest 3 M3x30 screws

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Open the Idler handle and insert a piece of filament. Align the drive gear and tighten it

with 1.5mm Allen key.

Assemble the thumb screw set as shown in the picture below.

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Screw the thumb screw set into the mini-extruder as shown in the picture. Don’t tighten it

too much now.

Fully inserted into the bowden tube into the extruder. Use the collet clips in the kit to

eliminate any slack. Push the bowden tube as deep as possible.

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The Bowden tube should seats in the extruder like the picture showing below.

You can insert one short PTFE tube in the other end of extruder to provide guidance for

the filament.

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Set new E-step value. On most CR-10/Ender-3 or similar machines the value is around 93.

You can direct change it to 141. And after that don’t forget store memory.

16x microstepping 1.8°stepper motor E-step value =141

16x microstepping 0.9°stepper motor E-step value =282

You can set the new E-step value on LCD or print a G-Code file that only contains the

following two lines:

M92 E141

M500

If you want reversing your extruder motor direction please follow the instruction here:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-iubywKkNEE

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